What Labour has done to our education system is criminal – as this heart-rending story shows

Thanks to a tweet by Stephen Fry over one million people will have been directed to this story. And rightly so for it is a crying scandal. Ed Balls, especially should be forced to read it every hour until his dying day. So should all his predecessors in the ludicrously named Department of Children, Schools and Families. So should every other member of the Labour government, past and present. So should all the 'progressive' educationalists who have fought so hard over the decades to combat...